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... wish to promote the interests of virtue , as far as the capa- city of the author allows ; there is , I flatter myself , a peculiar propriety in inscribing them to you , madam , who , while your works convey instruction and delight to ...
... wish to promote the interests of virtue , as far as the capa- city of the author allows ; there is , I flatter myself , a peculiar propriety in inscribing them to you , madam , who , while your works convey instruction and delight to ...
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... wish in the execution of her present attempt , she humbly trusts , that the uprightness of her intention will procure it a candid and fa- vourable reception . The following little essays are chiefly calculated for the younger part of ...
... wish in the execution of her present attempt , she humbly trusts , that the uprightness of her intention will procure it a candid and fa- vourable reception . The following little essays are chiefly calculated for the younger part of ...
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... wishes to conceal how much he is hurt . As the sarcasm was uttered by a lady , so far from seeming to resent it , he will be the first to commend it ; but not- withstanding that , he will remember it as a trait of malice , when the ...
... wishes to conceal how much he is hurt . As the sarcasm was uttered by a lady , so far from seeming to resent it , he will be the first to commend it ; but not- withstanding that , he will remember it as a trait of malice , when the ...
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... wish to bring any one over to their opinion , often use very disingenuous method : they will state a case ambiguously , and then avail them- selves of it , in whatever manner shall best answer their purpose ; leaving your mind in a ...
... wish to bring any one over to their opinion , often use very disingenuous method : they will state a case ambiguously , and then avail them- selves of it , in whatever manner shall best answer their purpose ; leaving your mind in a ...
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... wishes to be understood at once : envy is fond of remote hints and ambiguities ; but , obscure as its oracles are , it never ceases to deliver them till they are perfectly comprehended . Anger repeats the same circumstances over again ...
... wishes to be understood at once : envy is fond of remote hints and ambiguities ; but , obscure as its oracles are , it never ceases to deliver them till they are perfectly comprehended . Anger repeats the same circumstances over again ...
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Abdiel admirable affect amiable appears applause beauty Belial better censure cere character christian Cicero Clitus common conceal cultivated dangerous delight dispositions dissipation dulness duties elegant enemy envious envy error excellent false false friend feel female flect frequently friends genius gentle girl give graces heart human ideas imagine imitate indolence infi infidel instruction intel judge judgment knowledge labour learning less ligion Lord Bacon malice manners means meek ment merit mind moral natural ness never object observation opinion passions perfection perhaps persons philosopher piety pleasure poet polish practised principle propriety prudence qualities quires racter reason refined reflect religion relish remarks resentment says sense sensibility sentimental sions soul spirit sublime superior tain talents taste temper thing tincture tion true truth tural ture unamiable vanity vated venom vice virtue vulgar weakness wisdom wise woman women writer young ladies
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Page 112 - He made him ride on the high places of the earth, That he might eat the increase of the fields; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock...
Page 179 - The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter.
Page 89 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 88 - On the other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heaven; he seemed For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Page 30 - The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them ; for they are the only roses which do not retain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty.
Page 86 - The thing which hath been, it is that which shall be ; and that which is done, is that which shall be done ; and there is no new thing under the sun.
Page 137 - The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it.
Page 88 - Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his Tongue Dropt Manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest Counsels: for his thoughts were low; To vice industrious, but to Nobler deeds...
Page 150 - For she is. the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of His goodness.
Page 43 - tis not a jest Admir'd with laughter at a feast, Nor florid talk which can that title gain; The proofs of wit for ever must remain.